Good evening everyone. I’m happy (and also already apologetic) to announce that Perfectly Petite Shorts is now available. Happy because it is finally out. Apologetic because a very nice reader pointed out some glaring mistakes in Trinket’s story. For those of you who have already purchased the book, I am so sorry about all the “he” pronouns. Trinket is female in this series. I’m not sure how that got through all the editing, but it sure did and boy were there a lot of mistakes. I went through the manuscript and tried to correct all of them and re-loaded it to Kindle. This is the first time I’ve tried to correct something after it’s been published so fingers crossed that that goes okay. Again, apologies if the mistaken pronouns interfered with your reading enjoyment.
I really do hope you all enjoy this book of short stories. It’s the first one I’ve done and it was challenging forcing my mind to think in “short story” vs something a little longer. In the end, I enjoyed writing them and am overall happy with the way they turned out (minus the pronoun typos 😦 I had fun revisiting these characters and hope you do also.
I am currently working on the fourth (and most likely, final) necromancer book. I’m about half way through and am trying very hard to finish it as I believe I was very optimistic when I set up the editing schedule for this book. I am back to typing as well/much as before I fractured my elbow, but I think I overestimated how much time I will have to write. Regardless, I am diligently working on it and hope to have this book out by December. Sorry for the delay. While I injured my less dominant arm, it’s amazing how much not being able to use it impacts one’s life.
On that note, I am happy to say that I can once more touch my face with my left hand. I can put my hair up again. Whoop! I can pull my pants up using both arms. And soooo many other things that I haven’t been able to do for the last 12 weeks. The elbow is still healing and that arm is generally weaker, but I’m not complaining. Honestly, I think it’s healed great (hopefully the surgeon doesn’t tell me different when I go in for a recheck tomorrow). I haven’t gotten back to doing surgeries at work yet, but did put myself on the schedule for late September. I’m going to start out slow and see how things go.
On a pet note, Fennik’s seventh birthday is coming up soon (Aug 31st). While I’m out running around on my day off tomorrow, I’m going to pick up cupcakes to take into work this Friday to celebrate. The staff at work is very kind and have indulged me for the past six years gathering and singing happy birthday to FenFen while I try and hold his heavy butt in front of his white cake cupcake with his numbered year birthday candle on it. Fen even has a hat he wears every year. Thankfully, Fen seems to love it as he loves all kinds of attention and food. I still can’t believe that he’s turning seven this year. Where does the time go?
Newton is still hanging in there with his diabetes and the medication he’s on. He hates taking it and I hate that he hates it. The good news is that it seems to be working well for him. He’s not as healthy as he was pre-diabetes, but he’s so much better than he was before starting the medication.
My garden is starting to look like all tired flower gardens as the summer winds down. I leave my coneflowers up longer than I should because the goldfinches like to perch on them and eat the seeds. It’s amazing that the flowers and stems can hold their weight with only a slight bend. Soon fall will be here and with it all the holidays that tag along. I enjoy decorating the outside of the house but am a little more wary this year as much of my decorating involves ladders and precariously standing on the landscaping around the house. Call me crazy but I’m a little gun shy after fracturing my elbow. Still, I will persevere with my holiday decorating! Maybe I’ll get a spotter this time though 🙂
As always, thank you for reading. I truly appreciate all of you and hope that you enjoy this latest installment. Perfectly Petite Shorts is all about the “Aww’s”. Again, sorry for the pronoun typos. Hopefully that’s now fixed for those of you haven’t ordered the book yet. For those of you who have, again—so sorry.
Have a good evening. Try and stay physically, emotionally, and mentally happy and well. I know all three of those things are a struggle. Some days more than others.
MJ May
veterinarian and fiction writer 